In this interview filmmaker Bernardo Ruiz talks about REPORTERO, a documentary on press freedom inside Mexico, meeting and following the real “characters” in his film, and the history of violence on reporters in Mexico.
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Reporters Without Borders has this year, for the first time, compiled a list of the world’s 10 most dangerous places for the media – the 10 cities, districts, squares, provinces, or regions where journalists and netizens were particularly exposed to violence and where freedom of information was flouted.
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To mark IFEX’s International Day to End Impunity, we asked Latin American writers who have contributed to Sampsonia Way to write about the importance of fighting impunity in their home countries.
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As the internet’s role in free speech becomes increasingly prevalent, tactics to control the internet are growing more refined each year. This list of 2011′s current transgressors has been compiled…
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In recent years, Mexican websites such as Blog del Narco have become increasingly popular as a way to exchange information on the drug war, due to their anonymity and freedom to reveal graphic details of crimes.
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On September 1st two female journalists connected to the political magazine, Contralinea, were found murdered in a Mexico City park. According to Reporters Without Borders, eighty journalists have been murdered in Mexico since 2000.
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Yolanda Ordaz is the third journalist to be killed this year in the Mexican state of Veracruz and is among more than 70 killed since 2000, according to press rights groups and media tallies.
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